Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs (LOA #284): The

Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs (LOA #284): The Omni-Americans / South to a Very Old Place / The Hero and the Blues / Stomping the Blues / ... (Library of America Albert Murray Edition)

In his 1970 classic The Omni-Americans, Albert MurrayÂ (1916â€“2013) took aim at protest writers and social scientists whoÂ accentuated the â€œpathologyâ€ of race in American life. AgainstÂ narratives of marginalization and victimhood, Murray argued thatÂ black art and culture, particularly jazz and blues, stand at the veryÂ headwaters of the American mainstream, and that much of whatÂ is best in American art embodies the â€œblues-hero traditionâ€â€”Â a heritage of grace, wit, and inspired improvisation in the face ofÂ adversity. Murray went on to refine these ideas in The Blue DevilsÂ of Nada and From the Briarpatch File, and all three landmark collectionsÂ of essays are gathered here for the first time, togetherÂ with Murrayâ€™s memoir South to a Very Old Place, his brilliantÂ lecture series The Hero and the Blues, his masterpiece of jazz criticismÂ Stomping the Blues, and eight previously uncollected pieces.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2016-10-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781598535037

Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs (LOA #284): The Omni-Americans / South to a Very Old Place / The Hero and the Blues / Stomping the Blues / ... (Library of America Albert Murray Edition)